Fort Howe (Saint John)

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18th and 19th century British Army fortification.

In the fall of 1777, Brigade Major Gilfred Studholme arrived in Saint John harbour with a detachment of soldiers tasked to secure the area. They brought with them a prefabricated blockhouse and four 6-pounder canons. Studholme opted not to build on the site of Fort Frederick, but on the high ground behind the site of Fort La Tour, which gave complete command of ther inner harbour. He named it Fort Howe, after Lieutenant-General Sir William Howe, the commander of the British forces in North America. Although fire destroyed the fort in 1819 and much of its property was sold at public auction in 1823, the site played a part in the defence of Saint John until World War Two. There is a cairn on site with three Historic Sites & Monument Board of Canada plaques and a reconstructed blockhouse.